''Limit'' () is a 2022 South Korean
crime thriller
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film directed by Lee Seung-Jun, starring
Lee Jung-hyun
Lee Jung-hyun (born February 7, 1980), also known by her occasional stage name Ava, is a South Korean pop singer and actress. She was first recognized for her acting abilities with award-winning role in her first film and has been solidified as ...
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Moon Jeong-hee
Moon Jeong-hee (born January 12, 1976) is a South Korean stage, film, and television actress. She has won Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in '' Deranged'' (2012) and Best Supporting Actress award in Buil Fi ...
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Choi Deok-moon
Choi Deok-moon (born 1970) is a South Korean actor.
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Park Myung-hoon
Park Myung-hoon ( ko, 박명훈; born May 28, 1975), is a South Korean actor. He made his acting debut as a stage actor in the 1999 play ''Class''. He is best known internationally for his role as Geun-sae in the Academy Award winning film ''Para ...
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The film revolves around life safety policewoman So-eun, who as an undercover officer plays the mother of a serial kidnapping victim, faces the extreme crisis while solving the worst kidnapping ever case. It was released on August 31, 2022.
Cast
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Lee Jung-hyun
Lee Jung-hyun (born February 7, 1980), also known by her occasional stage name Ava, is a South Korean pop singer and actress. She was first recognized for her acting abilities with award-winning role in her first film and has been solidified as ...
as So-eun, a police officer from the Life Safety Department, playing role of a mother of serial kidnapping victim
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Moon Jeong-hee
Moon Jeong-hee (born January 12, 1976) is a South Korean stage, film, and television actress. She has won Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in '' Deranged'' (2012) and Best Supporting Actress award in Buil Fi ...
as Hye-jin, a friendly elementary school health teacher during the day, but a vicious villain
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Jin Seo-yeon
Jin Seo-yeon ( born on 18 January 1983) is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 2007 in film ''Eve's Temptation - Good Wife'', since then, she has appeared in number of films and television series. She got recognition for her sup ...
as Yeon-joo, a strong mother, who is the starting point of a child serial kidnapping case
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Choi Deok-moon
Choi Deok-moon (born 1970) is a South Korean actor.
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Theater
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* Choi Deok-moonat Daum Choi Deok-moonat Naver Movies
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as Seong-chan, a detective in the homicide squad
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Park Myung-hoon
Park Myung-hoon ( ko, 박명훈; born May 28, 1975), is a South Korean actor. He made his acting debut as a stage actor in the 1999 play ''Class''. He is best known internationally for his role as Geun-sae in the Academy Award winning film ''Para ...
as Joon-yong, a maniac with a ruthless personality and a member of a criminal group
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Park Kyung-hye
Park Kyung-hye ( born on 5 January 1993) is a South Korean actress. She made her acting debut in 2011 in films, since then, she has appeared in number of films and television series. She got recognition for her supporting roles in '' Guardian: T ...
as Myeong-seon, vicious villain duo with Joon-yong
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Oh Min-suk
Oh Min-suk (born April 22, 1980) is a South Korean actor. He was known by his ex-stage name Han Ki-joo.
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as Lee Cheol-woo, a diplomat and husband of Yeon-joo
* Cha Hee as Seon-mi
* Kim Ha-eon as Won-ho
* Lee Ji-hyun as Hyo-eun
* Jeon Guk-hyang as mother of So-eun
* Lim Cheol-hyung as Park Hyuk-jun, University Hospital Specialist
Production
Lee Jung-hyun, Moon Jeong-hee and Jin Seo-yeon were cast in main leads of the film. Oh Min-seok joined the cast in August 2020. In July 2020, Park Myung-hoon confirmed to appear in the film.
Principal photography began on July 10, 2020, and the filming was wrapped up on September 27, 2020.
Production presentation was given on July 14, 2022 at Lotte Cinema Konkuk University in Gwangjin-Gu, Seoul.
Release
The film was scheduled to be released on August 17, but on August 3, the date was advanced to August 31, 2022. It has runtime of 87 minutes.
Reception
Box office
The film was released on August 31 on 684 screens.
, it is at the 28th place among Korean film released in 2022 with gross of US$489,554 and 68,097 admissions.
Critical response
Kim Na-yeon writing in Star News wrote, "''Limit'' is a film for maternal love by and for maternal love." Appreciating performances of the cast Kim wrote, "performances of the actors are flawless." Concluding she stated, "In particular, ''Limit'' is a worthwhile movie in that it tried an action thriller with three female actors as the main characters." Ko Jae-wan of
Sports Chosun
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also praised the performances of female cast but criticised the story writing, "the biggest weakness of ''Limit'' seems to be the story line." Concluding Ko opined, "''Limit'' is a meaningful work just because it is a female action thriller movie that has been out for a long time after breaking through the corona era." Lee Yoo-chae of
Cine21
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wrote, "''Limit'', has clear goal as it concentrates only on the process of mother rescuing her child." Lee opined that in the film villain character was not fully expressed, which reduced "the completeness of the film". Concluding, Lee stated, "The flow is often interrupted by presenting only the situation without considering the context before and after."
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2022 films
2022 crime thriller films
2020s Korean-language films
2020s South Korean films
South Korean crime thriller films
Films about child abduction